Human influences on breeding of south polar skuas in the eastern Larsemann Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Wang, Z., Norman, F.I., Burgess, J.S., Ward, S.J., Spate, A.P., Carson, C.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1996
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; East Antarctica; Austral; Larsemann Hills; Princess Elizabeth Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Catharacta maccormicki; Polar Record; South Polar Skuas
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400027650; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400027650

Abstract Breeding activity of pairs of south polar skuas ( Catharacta maccormicki ) in the eastern Larsemann Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica, was recorded in five of six austral summers between 1988 and 1994. More detailed observations of breeding success were made in the 1989/90 and...